Potencjał Dolnego Śląska w sferze badawczo-rozwojowej

Lower Silesia's potential in the research and development sector

Summary: A basic feature of modern economies is an increase in the significance of knowledge and information as factors determining the pace, direction, and character of social and economic development. Therefore, the research and development environment is becoming increasingly important. R&D is perceived as one of the main players among innovative processes, both on a national as well as a regional scale. The main objective of this article is to identify the R&D resources of Lower Silesia and compare them to national R&D resources. Furthermore, the goal is to characterize the economic activity of business entities in this region and to describe the extent of cooperation between R&D and the manufacturing sector in Lower Silesia in 2004. The potential of the R&D sector in Lower Silesia in its particular areas of activity is quite uneven. In some respects, the Lower Silesian entities in this sector possess potential values exceeding the average for Poland. In this sense, the Lower Silesian R&D sector is one of the best developed in the country. This applies mainly to the percentage of research personnel working in this sector (Fig.3) and the financing of R&D activity from personal and business enterprise funds. On the other hand, the internal expenditures of this sector were lower than incommensurate to the level of development of the voivodeship. This is quantified by commonly used measurement tools such as GDP per inhabitant, share of spending on R&D in relation to regional GDP, and the so-called GERD (Gross Domestic Expenditure for R&D). Moreover, a survey conducted for the Lower Silesian Innovation Strategy Program revealed some weaknesses in the R&D sector in Lower Silesia, mainly with respect to cooperation between micro-enterprises and small enterprises.

Słowa kluczowe: sfera badawczo-rozwojowa, podmioty sektora B+R, współpraca sfery B+R ze sferą produkcji, Dolny Śląsk

Słowa kluczowe (w języku angielskim): R&D environment, R&D sector entities, R&D cooperation with manufacturing, Lower Silesia

Prace Geograficzne, 2009, z. 121, s. 73-85.

Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej UJ

ISSN 1644-3586

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